Seeding-machine



(No Model.)

W. H. SCHENGK.

SEEDING MAUHINE.

N0. 392,368. I Patented Nov. 6, 1888.

ATTORNEYS.

m. UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

'NVILLL AM H. SOIIENCK, OF STERLING, COLORADO.

SEEDlNG-MAGHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,368, dated November 6, 1888. Application filed February 4, 18 88. Serial No. 262,999. (No modehi To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. SCHENCK,

of Sterling, in the county of hogan and State of Colorado, have invented a new and Improved Seeding-Machine, of which the follow ing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to seeders, the object of the invention being to provide for the formation of a drill which will close without the aid of a drill or furrow closer after the passage of the drill-opening devices, the invention-eonsisting in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to, the accompanying drawings, forming apartof this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate I corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a sectionaliside view o f'a portion of the seeder, the view being taken on a line corresponding with that of the line a: x of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is-a sectional plan view taken on line 3 y of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 issa crossscctional view of the disks on line a r; ofFig. 1; In constructing such a seeder as the one forming the subject-matter of this application I provide a number of disk carrying frames, which are-made up of bars 10, the forward ends of which bars are united, the bars being bent outward from the point of union to be connected at '11 to the adjacent bars. Back of the point .1 l. the ba'rs'iare bentoutward at a slight angle and then bent inward at 12, so

- that they will run in lines that are substantially parallel, and then again inward at'lfi and'outward at 14, the rcarwardly-ektmidiu-g ends 1.5 being united.

Just in' advance of the angle 12 there are mounted studs 16. which'cxtend inward at about right anglcs'from the bar-s10, and upon these studs are journalcd disks 20, that are ibrmcd with outwardlyflaring rims 17, the approaching ends of the hubs 18 of the disks 20 being recessed to receive the heads of the .studs 16, while upon the outer ends of the studs there are mounted sheet-metal shields 19, to prevent the entranceol'gritor dirt. By mounting the disks as'ab'ove described the peripheral edges of the rims 17 will closely approach or touch-at the point a, (see Figs. 1 and 3,) so

that as the seeder is drawn forward in the di- -24 is supported by a bracket, 25.

rection of the arrow shown in Fig. 2 a narrow and comparatively deep drill will be opened in the ground.

In order that the disks may be held down to their work, I provide an upward!y-extending standard or rod,'22, upon which there are placed a number of weights-23. A seed-delivery tubc, 24, passes downwardbctween the disks 20 to a point i nst above the level of the ground, the lower end of this tube being carried forward to a' position such that the grain will pass therefrom in advance of the point at which the disks leave the ground.

In practice a number of sets of disks would be united, as shown in the drawings. In order that the disks may be cleared from any material which might adhere to them that are connected to the bends l3.

With such a seeder as the one above dcscribed I am able to cut through sod, cornstalks, or any other obstruction ofand by making a narrow furrow, in which the seed is deposited, l avoid the necessity of cmthe bars 10 just behind This tube i provide clearers 26,

like nature,

ploying a dragging furrow-closer, thus materially'lightening the draft.

Having thus fullydescribcd my invcntioml claim as new and iesire to secure by Letters Patent 'l.he'combi nation-, with the frame formed of the bars 10, connectedat ll, diverging therefrom rcarwardly to the points 12, and thence extending in parallel approximately straight lines to'the points 13 and converging at 14 and secured together, of the diagonally-projecting studs 16, secnredto the inner sides of the bars 10 in front of the points 12, naled thereon andcon'tactiug, or nearly so, at the point a and diverging rearwardly, the scrapers 26,-secured to the inner sidesof the parts 13 of the-bars, and the bar 25,- secured to the bars in front of the disks and extending upward tending do\\"n\vard' therefrom disks in rear of their axes.

WILLIAM H.

between the SGI'IENCK. Witnesses:

\VlLLfAM L. HAYS. WALTER S. STRATTON.

the disks 17, jourand over the disks, and the spout ex; l 

